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For seven years, Indore proudly carried the title of “India’s Cleanest City.”
But in December 2025, that image collapsed—when the city’s drinking water itself became deadly.

It began quietly. Residents of Bhagirathpura noticed a foul smell, dirty color, and strange taste in their tap water. Complaints were made. Files were submitted.
No action was taken.

Within days, hospitals were overwhelmed. People were suffering from intense vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration.
At least 10–14 lives were lost, over 2,000 people fell ill, and hundreds were hospitalized.
One of the victims was a five-month-old infant, a child born after years of hope—lost to contaminated water.

What followed was even more disturbing.

Investigations revealed that a toilet had been constructed directly above a main drinking water pipeline, without a safety tank. When the pipeline leaked, sewage mixed into the water supply. Laboratory reports confirmed the presence of E. coli, fecal coliform, and cholera-causing bacteria.

This was not an accident.
This was system failure.

In this video, we examine:

How citizen warnings were ignored

How poor infrastructure and delayed action turned water into poison

How authorities responded after the damage was done

And how an entire community now lives with broken trust

Because when people cannot trust their own water, they lose more than safety—they lose faith in the system meant to protect them.

This story is not just about Indore.
It is about what happens when governance fails at the most basic level: the right to clean drinking water.

If this can happen in India’s cleanest city, it can happen anywhere.